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Collaborative evaluation of partnership working in Scotland Kirsty Blackstock Society, Institutions and Governance, Socio-Economics Research Group, Macaulay Institute, k.blackstock@macaulay.ac.uk Macaulay Institute “Research today for land use tomorrow” Employs about 280 staff (70 research scientists) + about 30 PhD students Funded by Scottish Executive Rural Environment Rural Affairs Directorate, European grants consultancy Socio-Economics 23 staff PhD students Three themes: Society, Institutions and Governance Rural and Regional Economics Environmental and Ecological Economics More information: http://www.macaulay.ac.uk/economics/ Our research approaches Institutions governance Valuation and preferences Social justice and equity Policy evaluation Interdisciplinarity Economics of land-based industries. Our research approaches Institutions governance Valuation and preferences Social justice and equity Policy evaluation Interdisciplinarity Economics of land-based industries. Challenges…. Focus of talk Doing collaborative evaluation What is it? What am I doing? What are my experiences? Why does this matter? Information on context outcomes in working paper (ESRS conference 07) Email k.blackstock@macaulay.ac.uk Influences Focus of Evaluation Focus of Evaluation Focus of Evaluation Multi-level governance processes ongoing in Scotland Cairngorms Scottish (National Park (Scotland) Act, 2003) RBMP (EU Water Framework Directive, 2000, transposed 2003) Articulated by two statutorily required ‘plans’ Objectives standards set Measures developed Participation required Review process set (five year cycles) Similarities Evolving institutional arrangements concerned with sustainable development and management of natural resources Involves sanction based, incentive based and voluntary or persuasion based delivery mechanisms Delivery via multiple individuals with differing relationships to one another and to the lead authorities Example of how Stat